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By Iola-Scandinavia School District Stacy Bestul is married to her husband Dale. They have a daughter named Sydney. They have a Goldendoodle named Sam and a Calico cat, Minnie. Stacy has one sister. Stacy graduated from Auburndale High School Class of 1989. She attended Mid-State Technical College and earned a Vocational Diploma in Child Care […]
By State Sen. Joan Ballweg I thank Gov. Tony Evers for signing two bills into law which will provide greater flexibility to students and their families to choose the school that best meets their needs. I’m pleased these two bills were signed into law today (March 26). These proposals were crafted with the input of […]
By Iola-Scandinavia School District Gerald James Trzebiatowski is married to his wife, Jackie. They have four children: Shelby (24), Jack (22), Jordan (22) and Jessica (22). They have a German Shepard named Emi. Gerald has one brother and one sister. Gerald graduated from Amherst High School. Gerald’s post high school career includes U.S. Army (63T […]
Iola-Scandinavia School District students are creating and raffling of Adirondack chairs to earn funds through the Thunderbird Booster Club raffle. Contact a high school or middle school student for your tickets — just $10 each. A portion of every ticket sold will be designated to a co-curricular of the student’s choice. The drawing will be […]
By Iola-Scandinavia School District Amanda Kyle-Quashnick is married to her husband, Andrew. She is the youngest of 3 children. Amanda graduated from Whitewater High School. She attended UW- Stevens Point 2016 and earned a Bachelors’ degree in Biology and Environmental Education and Interpretation. She also earned a Bachelors’ degree in Natural Science Teaching from UW-Stevens […]
By Iola-Scandinavia School District Today the T-Bird Spotlight is on Travis Bassett. Travis is married to his wife, Caitlin. They have two amazing daughters. They also have a dog, two cats, and, depending on the time of year, a few pigs, turkeys, and a couple hundred chickens. Travis graduated from Amherst High School. He earned […]
By Iola-Scandinavia School District Angela Keegan is married to her husband, Beau. They have two children, Viann and Killian; two dogs, Olaf and Elsa; and horses Jerry, Bubbles, Zuma and Honey. Angela has three siblings. She graduated from Little Wolf High School in Manawa. She earned a B.S. in English Education and a Minor in […]
The Iola-Scandinavia School District Board will meet on Monday, March 8, at 7 p.m. in the Elementary School Library and via Zoom. Agenda Call meeting to order in the Elementary School Library with the reading of the official notice. Roll call. Pledge of Allegiance Approval of agenda Public input/comments – Members of the public must […]
By Iola-Scandinavia School District Amy Ziolek-Lindsay is married to her husband, Bruce. They have two children, Austin 22, and Emilee, 15. They have two dogs, Moose and Snoopy, and cats Simon, Tuffy Scruffy, and Sumo. She has nine siblings, including her step siblings. “In my family we have never classified the word step. Family is […]
By Iola-Scandinavia School District Tim Welch is married to his wife, Mary Welch. They have two children, Karina, 25, and Kristian, 22. They also have two pets, Buddy and Casey. Tim has three siblings. He graduated from Manawa High School. He attended Mid-State Technical College and earned an associate’s degree in Business. He also attended […]